‘I want never gets.’She always says this. It’s not as if I'm asking for the moon, or to date her boyfriend.I ask her again. Same answer. (This could get boring.)‘Pretty please?’‘No chance.’‘For goodness sake, Sis, all I want is to borrow your hair straighteners!’

of course, I have an I Want list she saidthe usual thingshealth and happinessa new washing machinemaybe that leather coat i sawworld peace of coursebut after yesterdayright now I wanta certified pointy hat wearing witchwho will give him big ugly warts

She jumped in the car, not stopping to put on shoes. She drove barefoot up the mountain, car tires slithering on the rain-slick road, windshield wipers flapping. He met her in the driveway, saying, "What are you doing here?" when she leaped out. And she wrapped herself around him.